Students Calling for Gun Control Plan Nationwide Walkout

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Michael Krasny

Mar 14, 2018 at

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PARKLAND, FL - FEBRUARY 20: Tyra Heman (R) a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is hugged by Rachael Buto in front of the school where 17 people that were killed on February 14, on February 19, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Police arrested 19-year-old former student Nikolas Cruz for killing 17 people at the high school. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, students across the country will walk out of their classrooms for 17 minutes with two goals in mind: to honor the 17 people killed in last month’s shooting at a Florida high school and to push for stricter gun control legislation. We’ll check in on protests around the Bay Area and would like to hear from you: What do you think of the walkout? Are you or your children walking out? Why or why not?

Guests:
Vanessa Rancano, Education Reporter, The California Report
Alex Yablon, Reporter, The Trace
Raquel Ramirez, Albany High School Student, class of 2019

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